To promote their video call center for people with hearing problems, Samsung Turkey came up with a heartwarming stunt and caught it all on camera to create this wonderful ad. Titled "Hearing Hands", the spot shows a day (made special) in the life of Muharrem, a regular, likeable fellow who suffers from hearing loss. As he goes about his daily rotuine, … [Read more...]

Canada's new passport comes loaded with hidden artwork since the past year and a half, but the truth only came to light (pun intended) when this Imgur user posted pictures of his friend's new passport two days back. Apparently, the pages consist of beautiful national icons and images created with optically variable ink that glows when placed under a black … [Read more...]

Derby, a husky born with deformed front paws, was going to be euthanized or "put down" before Peace and Paws, a dog rescue group in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, took him in. Derby's life changed majorly after a lady named Tara Anderson fostered him. Tara happened to be the director at 3D Systems, a US-based company that specializes in 3D … [Read more...]

Brazilian shirt store Camisaria Colombo used drone-based advertising (or 'drone-vertising') to display its Black Friday collection in Sao Paulo's business district, Vila Olimpia. The objective was to reach executives who stay in the office for long hours and inform them about special offers available on Black Friday at the Colombo shirt store. Check it out … [Read more...]

Ford and agency BBR Saatchi & Saatchi (Israel) created QR code-enabled interactive print ads to demonstrate the Park Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control and Power Fold features on their Explorer SUV. A three-ad campaign was released, one for each feature. To view the demo, readers needed to scan the QR code and place their phones on the highlighted area. A … [Read more...]

Honda and Wieden + Kennedy London have come up with an interactive dual-story video for the Civic and it's sportier version, the Civic Type R. Titled "The Other Side", the film tells the tale of an ordinary guy who leads an intriguing double life. The original video featuring the Civic switches to a parallel storyline featuring the Type R when you press and … [Read more...]

Minneapolis-based creative agency Colle+McVoy has come up with an ingenious way to get employees to do the one thing everyone’s lethargic about: fill their timesheets. C+M has built a device called “TapServer” that uses radio-frequency identification (RFID) and custom-written software to dispense free beer to any employee who fills his/her timesheet on time. … [Read more...]

'Touchable Memories' is a social project that 3D-prints old photos for the blind so they can touch, feel and relive their cherished moments like never before. Think of it as Braille for photos. Developed by Spanish creative agency LOLA for Singapore-based Pirate3D Printers, the purpose of this experiment is to show how technology and 3D printing can be used … [Read more...]

Montreal-based creative agency Lg2 has come up with a buzzworthy product demo/marketing stunt for Reviveaphone, a chemical solution that helps repair water-damaged phones. They've flown a guy named Michael Mooney all the way from Montreal to Brisbane to buy the first iPhone 6, only to dump it into a pitcher of beer. Why? So they can demonstrate the … [Read more...]

It's the holiest day of the year for Apple worshippers. Fans wait with bated breath as the Cupertino tech giant unveils the iPhone 6, iWatch, iOS 8 and new iPods in just a few hours. So how do these Android-haters and Steve Jobs loyalists prepare for this humongous occasion? This intricate comic seems to have summed it up pretty damn well. … [Read more...]

Roadshow Films, the Australian distributor for Into the Storm, installed a 64-inch plasma screen in Sydney's Chinatown that looks like a conventional movie poster in the first go. But when the weather gets breezy the augmented reality kicks in and a realistic storm can be seen through the panel with a tornado flipping cars, buildings catching fire and … [Read more...]

A Turkish company called Pugedon has introduced a vending machine in Istanbul that accepts plastic bottles for recycling and dispenses food and water for stray dogs in return. That's right, it helps protect the environment as well as provides sustenance to animals. We'd like to use the phrase "killing two birds with one stone", but hey, this is a pro-animal … [Read more...]

Hyundai has come up with this crazy stunt film to promote the driver-assist features on the 2015 Genesis sedan. Shot in California's Mojave Desert, the 3-minute spot stars Hollywood stunt-man and hall-of-fame member Buddy Joe. The film starts with a convoy of Genesis sedans led by Buddy. The drivers set their cars on 'Advanced Smart Cruise Control' and … [Read more...]

Today is Canada Day and Molson Canadian has come up with a vending machine/fridge that serves free beer. So what's the catch? You have to sing the Canadian national anthem to open the fridge door. And you can't just hum or mumble through it, you have to sing the entire anthem with a fair level of accuracy (you thought they'll give you a free beer just like … [Read more...]

In partnership with the Buenos Aires Ministry of Urban Development and Google Maps technology, BGH Air Conditioners developed a software program capable of measuring the sun's impact on every home in the city. By logging onto their website and entering an address, residents could calculate the exact amount of hours their homes were exposed to sunlight. The … [Read more...]

This incredible infographic shows you how much money Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon and other technology companies are making every second. To give you an example, in the time it took to create this article, Apple had made more than $4 million in revenue, followed by Microsoft ($1.7 million), Amazon ($1.6 million) and Google ($1.2 million). In … [Read more...]

Talk about 'impactful' advertising. Ogilvy Beijing and Volkswagen came up with this shocker of a stunt at MCL Cinema, Hong Kong. Before the movie started, the audience was shown first-person footage of a car being driven down a straight road. A location-based broadcaster was then used to send out a message to everyone in the theatre. The unsuspecting … [Read more...]

You don't need to have rich parents or a college degree to be successful. Neither should you lose heart if your first idea didn't work. Out of the 1426 billionaires in the world, 960 are self-made. Out of these 960, only 130 made money from a single business. Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson (net worth: $4.6 billion) started out as a Christmas tree … [Read more...]

This fascinating real-time infographic shows how quickly data is being generated on the internet every second. To give you an example, in the 15 mins it took to create this article, 10,000 Twitter accounts had been created, 2 million hours of YouTube video had been watched and Google had made $1.5 million in ad revenue. What's happening since you got here? … [Read more...]

A holographic version of the King of Pop performed at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night sending the web into a frenzy with over 1.5 million YouTube views in just one day. Check it out below. … [Read more...]